Rosa 'Direktor Benschop (city Of York)'
(Rose 'City of York')
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - Rosa 'Dorothy Perkins' x Rosa 'Professor Gnau'
Origin - Raised in Germany
Discovered By - Bred by Matthias Tantau, of Tantau Roses
Year of Introduction - 1945
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 5m
Width - 3m
Location - The Cloister Garden
Description: A climbing rose that is ideal for training against walls or over pergolas. Glossy mid to dark green leaves are pinnate with narrowly ovate to Elliptic leaflets. Pale yellow buds open to semi-double, white flowers with a central cluster of bright lemon yellow stamens. Flowers are fragrant and produced abundantly in clusters in early summer, few Blooms are produced afterwards. The flowers are followed by orange hips.
Excellent for use as cut flowers.
Synonym - Rosa 'City of York'. The breeder, Matthias Tantau, wished to rename this rose to 'City of York' after the end of the Second World War but was unable to do so due to the regulation concerning the naming plants. ('City of York' was not the original, published name.)
Flower:
Pale yellow buds open to fragrant, white flowers with a central cluster of yellow stamens. The flowers are semi-double, bowl-shaped and produced prolifically in clusters in June. The flowers are followed by orange hips.
Flower colour: White, yellow
Flower shape: Semi-double, bowl-shaped flowers in clusters
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Glossy mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have narrowly ovate to Elliptic leaflets. The leaves are Alternately arranged on long, prickly stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.